Earl Hines
African American musicians
Headshot labeled "Earl Hines and His Orchestra." Corner labeled "Maurice Chicago"
Maurice (Chicago) (Photographer)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Mid-Twentieth Century (1925-1975)
Montgomery Hotel (Buffalo, N.Y.)
African American dancers
Souvenir Program for the 4th Anniversary of Montgomery Hotel and Grill, which, like the Little Harlem Club, was part of the Mongtomery chain of hotels and restaurants. Program features: portraits of manager Leroy Smith and his wife, additional hotel and restaurant staff members, and featured performing artists, advertisements for local businesses, anniversary show schedule.
Souvenir Program : 14th Anniversary : Ann Montgomery's Little Harlem
Little Harlem Club (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Little Harlem Band
Little Harlemettes
Souvenir Program for the 14th Anniversary of the Little Harlem Club. Features a map of the club's location, labeled "the Gayest Spot in Buffalo." Also features: portraits of Ann Montgomery and Harold Tyler, club staff members, and performing artists, advertisements for local businesses, anniversary show schedule. Original copy of program previously owned by bassist Wendel Arter and signed by much of the staff in parting.
Bennett, Lewis J.--Homes and haunts
Otowega Club (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Clubs--New York (State)--Buffalo
Historic buildings--New York (State)--Buffalo
(Buffalo (N.Y.)--Societies and clubs
"The Otowega Club, built in 1895 by the architects Green and Wicks, was located ... at the corner of Starin and Linden Avenues, in the Central Park District. The club was a family institution and an integral part of the neighborhood's social life. Its membership consisted of established local business entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and upwardly mobile families in the Greater Buffalo area. Lewis J. Bennett, Buffalo's cement king and developer of the Central Park District, was the club's chief promoter. The collection contains 220 printed invitations, programs, flyers, handbills, announcements, menus, cards, and tickets, associated with the club's myriad social entertainment as well as items regarding its management, improvement, and membership. The collection is further enhanced by the addition of over 90 newspaper clippings, including several illustrated, relevant to the club's activities. This collection was assembled and maintained by Leslie J. Bennett, son of the club's promoter and neighborhood founder, Lewis J. Bennett."--from original bookseller's description. Also includes a brochure for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
Bennett, Leslie J. (Compiler)
Late Nineteenth Century (1875-1899)
Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
Nelson Fischer WWII Scrapbook, 1940-1944
Fischer, Nelson
Fischer, Thelma
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--New York (State)--Buffalo
Soldiers--New York (State)--Buffalo--Correspondence
The Nelson Fischer Scrapbook was compiled by Thelma Fischer from 1940-1944 and donated to the Grosvenor Room of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Nelson Fischer served in United States Army during World War II, and his wife, Thelma composed this scrapbook containing official and personal correspondence, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings from 1940-1944.
This scrapbook is a part of the "Fischer Family Collection, circa 1900-1979," which is currently located in the Grosvenor Room at the Central Library of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.
Fischer, Thelma (Compiler)
Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
A journal : in part describing the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill
Williams, Richard, Lieutenant--Diaries
Great Britain--Army--Royal Welsh Fusiliers--Regiment, 23rd
Soldiers--Diaries--Early works to 1800
Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775--Personal narratives, British
Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775--Personal narratives, British
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Personal narratives, British
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives, British.
This journal, "kept by Lieutenant Williams of His Majesty's Twenty-third Regiment, 1774-1775," includes details of the battles and lists of casualties for the Revolutionary War. This journal also includes a description of the use of signal lights from the church belfries (pages 114-115), and several charming watercolor miniatures created by Wiliams who was a talented artist and map maker. Other parts of the journal describe Lt. Williams' European travels. Physical description: 158 pages, 120 pages, 12 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimile : 22 cm. In antiqued calf, with marbled paper covered boards, gilt stamped spine title and panel fillets, red speckled edges. Rebound in December 1961, by Robert Muma, binder's note pasted on recto of back free endpaper.
Williams, Richard (Lieutenant)
Late Eighteenth Century (1750-1800)
Sternberg, Chester W., 1828?-1874--Diaries
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
United States--Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1863)--Diaries
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries
Details of duties, weather, and travels between Buffalo, Washington, D.C., and Aquia Creek, Va. Bulk of diary was written while at Aquia Creek. Entry for 5 Apr. 1863 recalls Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, and their son arriving by boat at Aquia Creek and continuing by train to the front. After 14 May 1863, he is occupied with attempts to reorganize the 21st Regiment. He also was ordered to see Gen. Silas Casey to be examined for a position in the United States colored troops for which he was rejected on 27 August 1863. Chester Sternberg enrolled in the 21st New York Volunteers, 13 May 1861 at Buffalo to serve 2 years. Mustered in as lieutenant, wounded at Bull Run, Va., 30 Aug. 1862, received promotion to lieutenant colonel, 8 Dec. 1862, mustered out at Buffalo, 18 May 1863.
Sternberg, Chester W., 1828?-1874.
Nye Park : Buffalo's new residence section, overlooking the park lake in beautiful Delaware Park
Housing development--New York (State)--Buffalo
Residential real estate--New York (State)--Buffalo
Housing developers--New York (State)--Buffalo
Promotion material for residential real estate development in the area formerly occupied by the Pan American Exposition, 1901. Also includes a prospectus for sale of stocks and bonds. A list of use and construction restrictions on the properties, with minimum prices for various streets, laid in.
Physical description: 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, color maps, photographs, 28 cm.
S.B. Nye Co.
Nye Park Co.
Poliphili hypnerotomachia, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse ostendit, atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat
Italian fiction--15th century
Incunabula
Published in 1499 by the distinguished early printer Aldus Manutius, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili presents the “story/strife of love in a dream.” As an incunable text, meaning that it was printed during the first 50 years of moveable type, it is unlike most incunabula in that it is not a religious or Classical text at all--rather it is a book about dreams, love and architecture. It is also lavishly illustrated for a book of its time with 172 woodcuts and cryptically written in an amalgamation of Latin and Italian languages. The copy belonging to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is heavily annotated in multiple languages.
Colonna, Francesco, -1527
15th Century (1400-1499)
Little Harlem Club Collection : Rare Books Room, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Montgomery, Ann.
Report researched and presented by 2013 Riverrun Foundation intern Alison Fraser.
Fraser, Alison (Author)
Riverrun Foundation
The Federalist: a collection of essays, written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787
United States--Constitution
Rare Book Room's copy is one of Thomas Jefferson's copies, sent to him in Paris by John Jay, with an annotation in Jefferson's hand at the base of page 151 of vol. 1 (page 157 of digital). Physical description: bound in contemporary half calf with marbled paper covered boards,gilt rules and red title label on spine, in a modern brown morocco and cloth solander case. Rare Book Room's copy was presented in honor of their late brother, Robert L. Wickser, by John P. Wickser and Melissa W. Banta on Jan. 20, 1983.
Federalist
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Jay, John, 1745-1829
Wickser, Robert L. (Honoree) (repository)
Wickser Family (Donor) (repository)
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 4. Register of Persons Received at the Erie County Poor House, October 1, 1861-October 1, 1864
Almshouses--New York (State)--Erie County--History
Institutional care--New York (State)--Erie County--History
Includes name, age, nativity, gender, date of commitment and by whom, cause of commitment, death, date of discharge, and number of days in the institution. Identifies individual as pauper, vagrant, insane, idiot, and orphan. In chronological order, no index.
Erie County Poor House (Buffalo, N.Y.)
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Late Nineteenth Century (1850-1900)
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 5. Register of Persons Received at the Erie County Alms House, October 1, 1871-October 1, 1873
Includes name, age, nativity, gender, occupation, date of commitment and by whom, cause of commitment, death, date of discharge, notes about disposition, and number of days in the institution. Identifies individual as pauper, vagrant, insane, idiot, and orphan. In chronological order, no index
Erie County Alms House (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 2. [Children Record] Children Bound Out by Erie County Superintendents of the Poor, 1863-1868
Includes name, date of commitment, date of discharge, who took them out and where they were taken. In chronological order, includes alphabetical index.
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 6. (Book B) Register of Persons Received at the Erie County Alms House, 1872-1873 [1874]
January 1-17, 1874. Includes name, age, nativity, occupation, gender, date of commitment, by whom of what town, direct cause of commitment, death, date of discharge, number of days in the institution. Identifies individual as pauper, vagrant, insane, idiot, and orphan. In chronological order, no index.
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 7. Register of State Paupers in the Erie County State Alms House at Buffalo, NY, December 1873-September 24, 1889
Includes name, date of admission, sex, age, birth place, cause of pauperism, location committed from, committing officer*, complaining officer*, discharge date, bound out date, provided for—by adoption or otherwise, absconded, transferred, removed from the State, death, and remarks on where the person was sent. In chronological order, no index. NOTE: includes a few loose death certificates and hospital register pages. *NOTES on officers: The complaining officer would be a person of authority, i.e. a Justice of the Peace, who decides the person should be considered for admittance to the Alms House. Since inmates could be from anywhere in NY State, the committing officer was the person in authority at the State level who made the decision to admit.
Erie County State Alms House (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 10. Records of Deaths at the Erie County Hospital, January 1, 1897-April 7, 1928
Can include name, age, gender, nativity, occupation, date of death, date of burial, number of grave, cause of death, case number, remarks on death and disposition (taken by relatives, body given to Medical College or undertaker, or buried in Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery or in a County Plot). In chronological order, no index.
Early Twentieth Century (1900-1950)
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 8. Register of Persons received at the Erie County Alms House, January 1, 1908-December 31, 1923
Includes name, age, nativity, occupation, gender, pauper, vagrant, by whom committed, date of commitment and of what town, direct cause of commitment, transferred to and returned from hospital, died, date of discharge [or death], remarks (where person went after this institution). In chronological order, no index.
Erie County Hospital (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 14. Register of Deaths, Erie County Home & Infirmary, August 16, 1926-December 30, 1941
Can include name, age, gender, nativity, occupation, date of death, date of burial, disposition (place of burial or other), cause of death, state number, remarks on death, and undertaker. In chronological order, no index.
Erie County Home and Infirmary (Alden, N.Y.)
Erie County Poor House Ledgers, Volume 15. Register of Deaths, Erie County Home & Infirmary, January 2, 1942--August 13, 1952
Late Twentieth Century (1950-1900)